2023年6月21日

董事会不愿这样做,说这不是他们作为一个组织范围内,Kohnen说。Kohnen说,这封信是潜艇专家参加一年一度的研讨会表示担心OceanGate不会允许认证的泰坦DNV GL、一个独立的质量保证和风险管理的公司,集设计水下车辆安全标准。路透|更新:22-06-2023 04:24坚持|创建:22-06-2023 04:24坚持分享问题是在2018年提出的安全潜水船周日已经失踪,当它与旅客在旅途深海下看泰坦尼克号的残骸。飞行员和四名乘客在车辆上和可用的氧气已经预测到周四上午。泰坦潜水是22英尺(6.7米)的船由埃弗雷特,华盛顿OceanGate探险。它首先做了一个航次下潜到4000米(13100英尺)2018年12月,据该公司的网站,第一个鸽子泰坦尼克号的网站——躺在海底的深度约3800米——2021年。它计划今年18岁这样的潜水。但一些专家担心它的安全,一位前雇员和贸易集团的成员都表达担忧泰坦船的设计在其发展。2018年1月18日,OceanGate员工David Lochridge转发到公司的领导人的工程报告他撰写批评OceanGate泰坦的研究和开发过程,根据诉讼Lochridge OceanGate提起另一个。Lochridge尤其担心的是船体的设计以及它能够承受深水的强烈压力。 The company called a meeting the next day to discuss Lochridge's concerns, according to the lawsuits. At the conclusion of the meeting, Lochridge stated he could not accept OceanGate's design decisions and would not authorize any crewed voyage without further testing. He was then fired. OceanGate filed a lawsuit against Lochridge in June and July of 2018 alleging he had discussed confidential information with at least two other people. Lochridge countersued in August 2018, denying that and claiming that OceanGate's lawsuit was an effort to discourage "whistleblowers from coming forth with quality control issues and safety concerns that threaten the safety of innocent passengers." OceanGate did not respond to requests for comment. Lochridge, through his lawyer, said he had no comment. LETTER FROM PEERS Will Kohnen, the chairman of the Marine Technology Society's (MTS) committee on manned submersibles, addressed a letter dated March 27, 2018, to OceanGate founder and CEO Stockton Rush, who is piloting the missing vehicle. In the letter, Kohnen expressed what he said were widespread concerns about the Titan sub. The problem, Kohnen said in a Wednesday interview with Reuters, was not any single design flaw. The issue was that OceanGate did not go through the industry's recognized certification process for the sub's design, fabrication and testing. "Our apprehension is that the current experimental approach adopted by OceanGate could result in negative outcomes (from minor to catastrophic) that would have serious consequences for everyone in the industry," read Kohnen's letter. Kohnen asked the MTS board in 2018 to officially send the letter on behalf of the entire society to Stockton. The board would not do that, saying it was not within their scope as an organization, Kohnen said. The letter came about, Kohnen said, after submarine experts attending an annual symposium expressed concerns that OceanGate would not allow certification of Titan by DNV GL, an independent quality assurance and risk management company that sets standards for the design safety of underwater vehicles. DNV GL states on its website that it has over 40 years of experience in the field of underwater vehicles. It certifies the design and safety of such vehicles. But it never certified Titan, according to MTS and Lochridge's lawsuit. DNV GL did not reply to requests for comment. The letter said experts believed OceanGate should at least create a prototype testing program for the Titan that would be reviewed by DNV GL, stating that "it is our unanimous view that this validation process by a third-party is a critical component in the safeguards that protect all submersible occupants." Stockton was sent a draft of the letter and discussed its contents in a 2018 phone call with Kohnen, in which the men "agreed to disagree" about the safety concerns raised, Kohnen said. (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) Advertisement